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  • Access Agriculture platform now in Portuguese!

    Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 3:13am

    Based on demand from its Lusophone user community across the Global South, Access Agriculture has launched a Portuguese-language version of its video-sharing platform (www.accessagriculture.org/pt). The platform is already available in Bangla, English, French, Hindi and Spanish. 

    With 250 million people speaking Portuguese either as a mother tongue or second language, having the Access Agriculture platform in Portuguese is an important milestone. About 211 million people speak the language in Brazil, but...

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  • Young Ugandan entrepreneurs get hands-on experience with digital tools

    Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 12:31pm

    Seven young entrepreneurs belonging to four teams from Uganda participated in a hands-on learning course to familiarise themselves with the solar-powered smart projector kit that they had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative. The smart projector contains the entire library of Access Agriculture farmer-training videos in local and international languages and can be easily updated as new videos become available.

    The winners of the Challenge Fund, known as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), are part of a network of innovative young...

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  • Young entrepreneurs in Malawi master smart technology

    Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 3:36pm

    Seven youths belonging to four entrepreneur teams from Malawi were recently brought up to speed on the functions, mechanisms and use of a cutting-edge technology – the solar-powered Digisoft smart projector (containing all Access Agriculture farmer-training videos) – that they had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative.

    The winners of the Challenge Fund, known as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), are part of a network of innovative young people who design sustainable business models based on using the smart projector in...

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  • Young entrepreneurs in Benin get hands-on experience with smart technology

    Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 7:47am

    Members of four entrepreneur teams from Benin recently received hands-on training to familiarise themselves with the functions, mechanisms and use of a cutting-edge technology – the solar-powered Digisoft smart projector (containing all Access Agriculture farmer-training videos) – that they had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative.

    The training session was held from 14-16 April 2021 in Cotonou, Benin, as part of the GIZ-funded Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture in Africa (KCOA) project. It was conducted by the Access...

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  • Equipping young entrepreneurs in Malawi with digital tool and skills

    Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 9:08am

    Ten young entrepreneurs from Malawi were recently offered hands-on training to help them get acquainted with the main components and use of a solar-powered smart projector kit that each of them had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative. The competition was conducted jointly be Access Agriculture and the USAID-funded Strengthening Agriculture & Nutrition Extension (SANE) Activity.

    The winners of the Challenge Fund, known as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), were selected from 9 of the 10 districts in Malawi in which Access...

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  • Joint action to boost peace and organic agriculture in the Philippines

    Friday, April 16, 2021 - 8:27am

    Access Agriculture has just signed a strategic partnership agreement with the League of Organic Agriculture Municipalities, Cities and Provinces of the Philippines (LOAMCP-PH) during a virtual signing ceremony.

    With the ambitious target to have 1.2 million hectares of farmland in the Philippines converted to organic by 2022, Hon. Mayor Rommel C. Arnado, President of LOAMCP, welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with Access Agriculture as a very timely event.

    “By giving people the opportunity...

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  • ‘Go green’ with new EcoAgtube video-sharing platform

    Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 6:21am

    Recognising the close link between healthy ecosystems, healthy earth and healthy people, we are delighted to officially announce the launch of EcoAgtube (www.ecoagtube.org), a new open access platform for hosting and sharing videos dedicated to green living and sustainable food systems to help protect the environment and preserve natural resources for current and future generations.

    Josephine Rodgers, Executive Director of Access Agriculture, explains that EcoAgtube is targeted to all those with an interest in agroecology...

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  • Access Agriculture and SustainSahel

    Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 4:58am

    Access Agriculture is a partner in the EU-funded SustainSahel project which aims to promote practices that enhance soil quality and yields, build resilience towards climate change, and contribute to food security and better livelihoods.

    Florent Okry, Regional Representative of Access Agriculture in West and Central Africa says: “The remit of our organisation is to promote agroecological principles and rural entrepreneurship through capacity development and South-South exchange of quality farmer-to-farmer training videos in local languages. Our role in the SustainSahel project...

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  • Spotlight on strategies to support farmers in Malawi

    Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 2:45pm

    At the recent launch of the new strategy for the National Agriculture Extension and Advisory Services in Lilongwe, Malawi, Access Agriculture (www.accessagriculture.org/) was invited to participate in the exhibition titled “Agriculture Extension and Advisory Services within reach: Key to Improved Agricultural Productivity and Nutrition.”

    The event, held on 8 December 2020, was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Hon. Lobin C. Lowe, and attended by several stakeholders involved in...

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  • Dominique Hounkonnou

    Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 10:22am

    It is with great sadness that Access Agriculture acknowledges the death of its Vice-Chair, Dominique Hounkonnou. Dominique was renowned for his contribution to agricultural extension in West Africa. We will remember him for his unbounded enthusiasm for the work of Access Agriculture right from the start which resulted in him being one of the first members of the Board. Dominique dispensed wisdom and humour in equal measure. His knowledgeable input to Access Agriculture will be sorely missed, but his legacy and belief in our work and impact will endure.

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